Information transmission method, base station and terminal

ABSTRACT

An information transmission method, a base station, and a terminal are provided. The method includes: acquiring a quantity of times of repeated transmissions of a terminal in a target configuration period; sending, to the terminal, Physical Downlink Control Channels for supplementary transmissions, if the quantity of times of repeated transmissions is less than a preset quantity of repeated-transmission times.

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION

This application claims priority to Chinese Patent Application No.201810912178.1 filed in China on Aug. 10, 2018, the disclosure of whichare incorporated herein by reference in their entirety.

TECHNICAL FIELD

The present disclosure relates to the field of communicationstechnologies, in particular, relates to an information transmissionmethod, a base station and a terminal.

BACKGROUND

With development and change of mobile communication service demands,several organizations such as the Third Generation Partnership Project(3GPP) began to study a new wireless communication system (5. GenerationNew RAT, 5G NR). In a 5G NR system, an important demand is communicationwith low latency and high reliability, and some transmission schemessuch as Ultra-Reliable and Low Latency Communications (URLLC) arepresented.

For URLLC services, an uplink grant-free scheme can be supported in a NRstandard to reduce air-interface transmission latency. Taking the uplinkgrant-free scheme as an example, a base station side first uses a radioresource control (Radio Resource Control, RRC) signaling to configurephysical uplink shared channel (Physical Uplink Shared Channel, PUSCH)transmission, and after uplink grant-free transmission is activated, aterminal side performs the PUSCH transmission according to aconfiguration parameter in the RRC signaling (and a configurationparameter in an activation signaling).

In the RRC signaling, a period P, a repetition number K of resourceallocation and K resource positions in the period of P are configured,and the K resource positions become K transmission occasions. In orderfor a base station to recognize K repeated transmissions of a same datablock, NR specifies that multiple repeated transmissions of the samedata can only be performed on resources configured in one period andcannot be performed across periods.

Arrival of data at the terminal-side is random, and when arrival time ofthe data is inconsistent with a configured first resource, that is tosay, the data may not arrive before a first transmission occasion,uplink transmission for the URLLC will be partially cancelled, that is,resources semi-statically configured are insufficient to complete Krepeated transmissions, the actual number of repeated transmissions in aperiod P is less than K, which will affect reliability of the PUSCH,such as performance of a block error ratio (Block Error Ratio, BLER)cannot meet a requirement.

SUMMARY

The present disclosure provides an information transmission method, abase station, and a terminal, which solve the problem of poorreliability during uplink transmission in the related art.

An information transmission method performed by a base station isprovided in the embodiments of the present disclosure. The methodincludes: acquiring a quantity of times of repeated transmissions of aterminal in a target configuration period; sending, to the terminal,uplink dynamic scheduling information for instructing supplementarytransmissions, if the quantity of times of repeated transmissions isless than a preset quantity of repeated-transmission times.

The uplink dynamic scheduling information includes an indication fieldfor instructing the supplementary transmissions.

The uplink dynamic scheduling information is associated with a targetindication field in an RRC signaling, the target indication field isused for instructing the terminal to perform the supplementarytransmissions.

Sending, to the terminal, the uplink dynamic scheduling information forinstructing the supplementary transmissions, includes: sending, to theterminal, the uplink dynamic scheduling information for instructing thesupplementary transmissions, within a preset time duration after startof a first repeated transmission of the terminal in uplink transmissionis detected and after completion of M times of repeated transmissions ofthe terminal in the target configuration period is detected, wherein Mis the quantity of times of repeated transmissions of the terminal inthe target configuration period, and M is an integer greater than zero.

Sending, to the terminal, the uplink dynamic scheduling information forinstructing the supplementary transmissions within the preset timeduration after the start of the first repeated transmission of theterminal in uplink transmission is detected and after the completion ofthe M times of repeated transmissions of the terminal in the targetconfiguration period is detected, includes: sending, to the terminal,the uplink dynamic scheduling information for instructing thesupplementary transmissions in the preset time duration after completionof the M times of repeated transmissions in the target configurationperiod is detected.

Sending, to the terminal, the uplink dynamic scheduling information forinstructing the supplementary transmissions within the preset timeduration after the start of the first repeated transmission of theterminal in uplink transmission is detected and after the completion ofthe M times of repeated transmissions of the terminal in the targetconfiguration period is detected, includes: sending, to the terminal,the uplink dynamic scheduling information for instructing thesupplementary transmissions after the start of the first repeatedtransmission of the terminal in the uplink transmission is detected andbefore the completion of M times of repeated transmissions of theterminal in the target configuration period is detected.

A quantity of times of the supplementary transmissions is a differencevalue between the preset quantity of repeated-transmission times and thequantity of times of repeated transmissions of the terminal in thetarget configuration period.

A quantity of times of the supplementary transmissions is configured bythe base station, or determined by the terminal according to the uplinkdynamic scheduling information.

A base station is further provided in the embodiments of the presentdisclosure. The base station includes a transceiver, a memory, aprocessor and a computer program stored on the memory and executable bythe processor, wherein, when the processor executes the computerprogram, the processor performs the following steps: acquiring aquantity of times of repeated transmissions of a terminal in a targetconfiguration period; sending, to the terminal, uplink dynamicscheduling information for instructing supplementary transmissions, ifthe quantity of times of repeated transmissions is less than a presetquantity of repeated-transmission times.

The uplink dynamic scheduling information includes an indication fieldfor instructing the supplementary transmissions.

The uplink dynamic scheduling information is associated with a targetindication field in radio resource control (RRC) signaling, the targetindication field is used for instructing the terminal to perform thesupplementary transmissions.

When the processor executes the computer program, the processor performsfollowing steps: sending, to the terminal, the uplink dynamic schedulinginformation for instructing the supplementary transmissions, within apreset time duration after start of a first repeated transmission of theterminal in uplink transmission is detected and after completion of Mtimes of repeated transmissions of the terminal in the targetconfiguration period is detected, wherein M is the quantity of times ofrepeated transmissions of the terminal in the target configurationperiod, and M is an integer greater than zero.

When the processor executes the computer program, the processor performsfollowing steps: sending, to the terminal, the uplink dynamic schedulinginformation for instructing the supplementary transmissions, in thepreset time duration after completion of the M times of repeatedtransmissions in the target configuration period is detected.

When the processor executes the computer program, the processor performsfollowing steps: sending, to the terminal, the uplink dynamic schedulinginformation for instructing the supplementary transmissions, after thestart of the first repeated transmission of the terminal in the uplinktransmission is detected and before the completion of M times ofrepeated transmissions of the terminal in the target configurationperiod is detected.

A quantity of times of the supplementary transmissions is a differencevalue between the preset quantity of repeated-transmission times and thequantity of times of repeated transmissions of the terminal in thetarget configuration period.

A quantity of times of the supplementary transmissions is configured bythe base station, or determined by the terminal according to the uplinkdynamic scheduling information.

A base station is further provided in the embodiments of the presentdisclosure. The base station includes: an acquisition module, configuredfor acquiring a quantity of times of repeated transmissions of aterminal in a target configuration period; a sending module, configuredfor sending, to the terminal, uplink dynamic scheduling information in aPhysical Downlink Control Channel for instructing supplementarytransmissions, if the quantity of times of repeated transmissions isless than a preset quantity of repeated-transmission times.

An information transmission method performed by a terminal is furtherprovided in the embodiments of the present disclosure. The informationtransmission method includes: receiving, from a base station, uplinkdynamic scheduling information for instructing supplementarytransmissions wherein the uplink dynamic scheduling information is sentby the base station under a condition that a quantity of times ofrepeated transmissions of the terminal in the target configurationperiod is less than a preset quantity of repeated-transmission times;performing uplink supplementary transmissions according to the uplinkdynamic scheduling information.

The uplink dynamic scheduling information includes an indication fieldfor instructing the supplementary transmissions.

The uplink dynamic scheduling information is associated with a targetindication field in an RRC signaling, and the target indication field isused for instructing the terminal to perform the supplementarytransmissions.

Receiving, from the base station, the uplink dynamic schedulinginformation for instructing the supplementary transmissions, includes:receiving the uplink dynamic scheduling information for instructing thesupplementary transmissions, the uplink dynamic scheduling informationbeing sent by the base station within a preset time duration after startof a first repeated transmission of the terminal in uplink transmissionis detected and after completion of M times of repeated transmissions ofthe terminal in the target configuration period is detected; wherein Mis the quantity of times of repeated transmissions of the terminal inthe target configuration period, and M is an integer greater than zero.

Receiving the uplink dynamic scheduling information for instructing thesupplementary transmissions, the uplink dynamic scheduling informationbeing sent by the base station within the preset time duration after thestart of the first repeated transmission of the terminal in uplinktransmission is detected and after the completion of the M times ofrepeated transmissions of the terminal in the target configurationperiod is detected, includes: receiving the uplink dynamic schedulinginformation for instructing the supplementary transmissions, the uplinkdynamic scheduling information being sent by the base station in thepreset time duration after completion of the M times of repeatedtransmissions in the target configuration period is detected.

Receiving the uplink dynamic scheduling information for instructing thesupplementary transmissions, the uplink dynamic scheduling informationbeing sent by the base station within the preset time duration after thestart of the first repeated transmission of the terminal in uplinktransmission is detected and after the completion of the M times ofrepeated transmissions of the terminal in the target configurationperiod is detected, includes: receiving the uplink dynamic schedulinginformation for instructing the supplementary transmissions, the uplinkdynamic scheduling information being sent by the base station after thestart of the first repeated transmission of the terminal in the uplinktransmission is detected and before the completion of M times ofrepeated transmissions of the terminal in the target configurationperiod is detected.

A quantity of times of the supplementary transmissions is a differencevalue between the preset quantity of repeated-transmission times and thequantity of times of repeated transmissions of the terminal in thetarget configuration period.

A quantity of times of the supplementary transmissions is configured bythe base station, or determined by the terminal according to the uplinkdynamic scheduling information.

A terminal is further provided in the embodiments of the presentdisclosure. The terminal includes: a transceiver, a memory, a processorand a computer program stored on the memory and executable by theprocessor, wherein, when the processor executes the computer program,the processor performs the following steps: receiving, from a basestation, uplink dynamic scheduling information for instructingsupplementary transmissions wherein the uplink dynamic schedulinginformation is sent by the base station under a condition that aquantity of times of repeated transmissions of the terminal in thetarget configuration period is less than a preset quantity ofrepeated-transmission times; performing uplink supplementarytransmissions according to the uplink dynamic scheduling information.

The uplink dynamic scheduling information includes an indication fieldfor instructing the supplementary transmissions.

The uplink dynamic scheduling information is associated with a targetindication field in an RRC signaling, and the target indication field isused for instructing the terminal to perform the supplementarytransmissions.

When the processor executes the computer program, the processor performsthe following steps: receiving the uplink dynamic scheduling informationfor instructing the supplementary transmissions, the uplink dynamicscheduling information being sent by the base station within a presettime duration after start of a first repeated transmission of theterminal in uplink transmission is detected and after completion of Mtimes of repeated transmissions of the terminal in the targetconfiguration period is detected; wherein M is the quantity of times ofrepeated transmissions of the terminal in the target configurationperiod, and M is an integer greater than zero.

When the processor executes the computer program, the processor performsthe following steps: receiving the uplink dynamic scheduling informationfor instructing the supplementary transmissions, the uplink dynamicscheduling information being sent by the base station in the preset timeduration after completion of the M times of repeated transmissions inthe target configuration period is detected.

When the processor executes the computer program, the processor performsthe following steps: receiving the uplink dynamic scheduling informationfor instructing the supplementary transmissions, the uplink dynamicscheduling information being sent by the base station after the start ofthe first repeated transmission of the terminal in the uplinktransmission is detected and before the completion of M times ofrepeated transmissions of the terminal in the target configurationperiod is detected.

A quantity of times of the supplementary transmissions is a differencevalue between the preset quantity of repeated-transmission times and thequantity of times of repeated transmissions of the terminal in thetarget configuration period.

A quantity of times of the supplementary transmissions is configured bythe base station, or determined by the terminal according to the uplinkdynamic scheduling information.

A terminal is further provided in the embodiments of the presentdisclosure. The terminal includes: a receiving module, configured forreceiving, from a base station, uplink dynamic scheduling informationfor instructing supplementary transmissions wherein the uplink dynamicscheduling information is sent by the base station under a conditionthat a quantity of times of repeated transmissions of the terminal inthe target configuration period is less than a preset quantity ofrepeated-transmission times; a processing module, configured forperforming uplink supplementary transmissions according to the uplinkdynamic scheduling information.

The technical solutions of the present disclosure have the beneficialeffects as follow: by acquiring the quantity of times of repeatedtransmissions of the terminal in the target configuration period, andwhen the quantity of times of repeated transmissions is less than thepreset quantity of repeated-transmission times, sending the uplinkdynamic scheduling information for instructing the terminal to performsupplementary transmissions, the supplementary transmissions areperformed by means of dynamic scheduling when a quantity of transmissiontimes of the terminal in the target configuration period is less thanthe preset quantity of repeated-transmission times, so that a situationthat reliability of uplink transmission is influenced because thequantity of transmission times of the terminal in the targetconfiguration period is less than the preset quantity ofrepeated-transmission times may be avoided, so that the reliability ofthe URLLC service is guaranteed.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

In order to more clearly illustrate technical solutions of embodimentsof the present disclosure, drawings used in description of theembodiments will be briefly described below, and it is obvious that thedrawings in the following description are only some embodiments of thepresent disclosure, and other drawings can be obtained by those skilledin the art without involving any inventive effort.

FIG. 1 shows a first flow chart of an information transmission method ata base station side provided by an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 2 shows a second flow chart of an information transmission methodat the base station side provided by an embodiment of the presentdisclosure;

FIG. 3 shows a structural schematic diagram of modules of a base stationprovided by an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 4 shows a block diagram of a base station provided by an embodimentof the present disclosure;

FIG. 5 shows a first flow chart of an information transmission method ata terminal side provided by an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 6 shows a second flow chart of an information transmission methodat the terminal side provided by an embodiment of the presentdisclosure;

FIG. 7 shows a structural schematic diagram of modules of a terminalprovided by an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 8 shows a block diagram of a terminal in the present disclosure;

FIG. 9 shows a resource mapping schematic diagram for uplinksupplementary transmission in a first scenario provided by an embodimentof the present disclosure;

FIG. 10 shows a resource mapping schematic diagram for uplinksupplementary transmission in a second scenario provided by anembodiment of the present disclosure.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

To make problems to be addressed, the technical solutions and advantagesof the present disclosure clearer, detailed description will be providedbelow in connection with the drawings and specific embodiments. In thefollowing description, specific details such as particularconfigurations and components are provided only to facilitate thoroughunderstanding of embodiments of the present disclosure. Accordingly, itwill be apparent to those skilled in the art that various changes andmodifications may be made to the embodiments described herein withoutdeparting from the scope and the spirit of the present disclosure. Inaddition, descriptions of well-known functions and constructions areomitted for clarity and conciseness.

It should be appreciated that reference throughout this specification to“one embodiment” or “an embodiment” means that a particular feature,structure, or characteristic described in connection with the embodimentis included in at least one embodiment of the present disclosure. Thus,appearances of phrases “in one embodiment” or “in an embodiment” invarious places throughout this specification are not necessarily allreferring to the same embodiment. Furthermore, particular features,structures, or characteristics may be combined in any suitable manner inone or more embodiments.

In the various embodiments of the present disclosure, it should beunderstood that values of serial numbers of processes described beloware not meant to imply an order of execution, but rather that the orderof execution of the processes should be determined by functions andinherent logic thereof and should not be construed as limitingimplementation of the embodiments of the present disclosure in any way.

Additionally, such terms “system” and “network” are often usedinterchangeably herein.

In the embodiments provided herein, it should be understood that “Bcorresponding to A” means that B is associated with A and B can bedetermined from A. However, it should also be understood thatdetermining B from A does not mean determining B from A only, but B mayalso be determined from A and/or other information.

In the embodiments of the present disclosure, forms of access networksare not limited, and may include access networks such as a Macro BaseStation, a Micro Base Station, a Node B (i.e. a 3G mobile base station),and an enhanced Node B (eNB), a Home enhanced base station (Femto eNB orHome eNode B or Home eNB or HeNB), a relay station, an access point, anRRU (Remote Radio Unit), an RRH (Remote Radio Head), etc. A userterminal may be a mobile telephone (or cell phone) or other devicecapable of transmitting or receiving wireless signals, including userequipment, a personal digital assistant (PDA), a wireless modem, awireless communication device, a handheld device, a laptop computer, acordless telephone, a wireless local loop (WLL) station, a CPE (CustomerPremise Equipment) or a mobile intelligent hotspot capable of convertinga mobile signal into a WiFi signal, an intelligent household appliance,or other equipment capable of autonomously communicating with a mobilecommunication network without human operation, etc.

Specifically, the embodiments of the present disclosure provide aninformation transmission method which solves the problem of poorreliability in uplink transmission in the related art.

As shown in FIG. 1, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides aninformation transmission method, specifically the method includes thefollowing steps 11-12.

Step 11: acquiring a quantity of times of repeated transmissions of aterminal in a target configuration period.

Before the step 11, the method further includes: configuring thequantity of the times of repeated transmissions in one configurationperiod to the terminal.

Specifically, taking PUSCH transmission as an example, the base stationconfigures parameters such as a period, K transmission occasions (TO)within one period, and a Redundancy Version (RV) through a firstparameter in an RRC signaling. For example, the first parameter may be aparameter in a configured grant configuration (ConfiguredGrantConfig).

The step 11 above specifically includes: detecting a position of atransmission occasion, in a target configuration period, of a firstrepeated transmission of the terminal in uplink transmission; andcalculating a quantity of the times of repeated transmissions of theterminal in the target configuration period according to the position ofthe transmission occasion.

Because arrival of data at the terminal side is random, the base stationcalculates the quantity of the times of repeated transmissions of theterminal in the target configuration period according to a configuredquantity of times of repeated transmissions and a configured RVsequence, and in the following table 1, different quantities K of timesof repeated transmissions are configured in an URLLC uplink grant-freetransmission scheme, and corresponding transmission schemes are providedcorresponding to different RV configurations.

TABLE 1 RV = {0 0 0 0} RV = {0 3 0 3} RV = {0 2 3 1} K = 1 {0} {0} {0} K= 2 {0 0} if start {0 3} always start from {0 2} always from 1^(st) TO1^(st) TO start from 1^(st) {0} if start from TO 2^(nd) TO K = 4 {0 0 00} if start {0 3 0 3} if start from 1^(st) {0 2 3 1} from 1^(st) TO TOalways start {0 0 0} if start from 1^(st) TO from 2^(nd) TO {0 0} ifstart {0 3} if start from 3^(rd) TO from 3^(rd) TO {0} if start from4^(th) TO K = 8 {0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0} {0 3 0 3 0 3 0 3} if start {0 2 3 1 02 3 1} if start from 1^(st) TO from 1^(st) TO always start {0 0 0 0 0 00} from 1^(st) TO if start from 2^(nd) TO {0 0 0 0 0 0} if start from3rd {0 3 0 3 0 3}if start TO from 3^(rd) TO {0 0 0 0 0} if start from4^(th) TO {0 0 0 0} if start {0 3 0 3} if start from from 5^(th) TO5^(th) TO {0 0 0} if start from 6^(th) TO {0 0} if start {0 3} if startfrom 7^(th) TO from 7^(th) TO

Taking the K=4 and RV={0 3 0 3} in Table 1 as an example, whereinelements 0, 1, 2, and 3 in the RV sequence represent differenttransmission schemes, and a time domain resource position is {an initialtime domain symbol, the number of time domain symbols}, such as: thetime domain symbols can be OFDM symbols. This time domain resourceposition is defined as one transmission occasion TO, which means onerepeated transmission is completed, K=4 means that four TOs are requiredfor four repeated transmissions. The TO is typically continuous in timedomain.

When arriving before the first transmission occasion TO, data can betransmitted by using the first transmission occasion TO, in this way,may be transmitted for four times in the target configuration period,and RV is {0 3 0 3}; when arriving after the first transmission occasionTO and before the third transmission occasion TO, the data can betransmitted by using the third transmission occasion TO, in this way,may be transmitted twice in the target configuration period, and RV is{0 3}; and when arriving after the third transmission occasion TO, thedata will not be transmitted in the target configuration period.

Step 12: if a quantity of the times of the repeated transmissions isless than a preset quantity of repeated-transmission times, sendinguplink dynamic scheduling information to the terminal for instructingsupplementary transmissions.

The preset quantity of repeated-transmission times can be a quantity oftimes of repeated transmissions, in one period, configured to theterminal by the base station. Transmitting the uplink dynamic schedulinginformation to the terminal for instructing the supplementarytransmissions may specifically be transmitting a physical downlinkcontrol channel (PDCCH) to the terminal for instructing thesupplementary transmissions.

The uplink dynamic scheduling information includes an indication fieldfor instructing supplementary transmissions, or the uplink dynamicscheduling information is associated with a target indication field inan RRC signaling, and the target indication field is used forinstructing the terminal to perform supplementary transmissions.

Instructing the terminal to perform supplementary transmissions meansinstructing the terminal to complement insufficient repeatedtransmissions which do not reach the preset quantity ofrepeated-transmission times when the quantity of the times of repeatedtransmissions of the terminal in the target configuration period is lessthan the preset quantity of repeated-transmission times.

A quantity of times of supplementary transmissions can be differencebetween the preset quantity of repeated-transmission times and thequantity of the times of repeated transmissions of the terminal in thetarget configuration period. The quantity of times of the supplementarytransmissions may also be configured by the base station or determinedby the terminal based on the uplink dynamic scheduling information.

In this embodiment, by acquiring the quantity of the times of repeatedtransmissions of the terminal in the target configuration period, andwhen the quantity of the times of repeated transmissions is less thanthe preset quantity of repeated-transmission times, sending the uplinkdynamic scheduling information for instructing the terminal to performsupplementary transmissions, the supplementary transmissions areperformed by means of dynamic scheduling when a quantity of transmissiontimes of the terminal in the target configuration period are less thanthe preset quantity of repeated-transmission times, so that a situationthat reliability of uplink transmission is influenced because thequantity of transmission times of the terminal in the targetconfiguration period is less than the preset quantity ofrepeated-transmission times may be avoided, so that the reliability ofthe URLLC service is guaranteed.

As shown in FIG. 2, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides aninformation transmission method, specifically the informationtransmission method includes the following steps 21-22.

Step 21: acquiring a quantity of times of repeated transmissions of aterminal in a target configuration period.

Step 22: if the quantity of the times of repeated transmissions issmaller than preset quantity of repeated-transmission times, sendinguplink dynamic scheduling information for instructing the terminal toperform supplementary transmissions within a preset time duration aftera first repeated transmission of the terminal in uplink transmission isstarted and completion of M times of repeated transmissions of theterminal in the target configuration period is detected.

M is the number of times of repeated transmissions of the terminal inthe target configuration period, and M is an integer greater than zero.

The above step 22 is described below in connection with specificapplication scenarios:

Scenario 1: sending the uplink dynamic scheduling information forinstructing the terminal to perform supplementary transmissions within apreset time duration after completion of M times of repeatedtransmissions of the terminal in the target configuration period isdetected.

A quantity of times of supplementary transmissions can be differencebetween the preset quantity of repeated-transmission times and thequantity of the times of repeated transmissions of the terminal in thetarget configuration period. The quantity of times of the supplementarytransmissions may also be configured by the base station or determinedby the terminal based on the uplink dynamic scheduling information.

Specifically, taking the preset quantity of repeated-transmission timesis K, K=4 and RV={0 3 0 3} as an example, wherein elements 0, 1, 2, and3 in the RV sequence represent different transmission schemes, and atime domain resource position is {an initial time domain symbol, thenumber of time domain symbols}, such as: the time domain symbols can beOFDM symbols. This time domain resource position is defined as onetransmission occasion TO, which means one repeated transmission iscompleted, K=4 means that four TOs are required for four repeatedtransmissions. The TOs are typically continuous herein. A resourcemapping schematic diagram for uplink supplementary transmissions inscenario 1 is shown in FIG. 9.

If an uplink packet of the terminal arrives after a second transmissionoccasion TO and before a third transmission occasion TO in oneconfiguration period, then the terminal will transmit a PUSCH with RV=0on the third transmission occasion TO (i.e. TO2 in FIG. 9), transmit aPUSCH with RV=3 on a fourth transmission occasion TO (i.e. TO3 in FIG.9). The base station blindly detects the PUSCHs. Normally, the PUSCHswith RV=0 and RV=3 should be detected on the third transmission occasionTO and the fourth transmission occasion TO.

The base station can knows the quantity M of times of repeatedtransmissions actually completed by the terminal in the targetconfiguration period is 2 (M=2), according to the detected transmissionoccasion of the first repeated transmission, namely TO2. The basestation and the terminal know the quantity of the times of supplementaryrepeated transmissions by: calculating that the quantity of times ofsupplementary repeated transmissions required to be performed is N=K−M=2according to the configured quantity K of times of repeatedtransmissions (K=4) in one configuration period and the quantity M oftimes of repeated transmissions (M=2) actually completed in the targetconfiguration period.

The base station selects a sending time moment to send an uplink grant(UL grant) for scheduling the terminal to perform the supplementarytransmission of PUSCHs. The sending time moment is the moment when thebase station considers that M times of repeated transmissions of theterminal in the target configuration period are completed, or is withina preset time duration after the terminal completes M times of repeatedtransmissions in the target configuration period. In this way, when theterminal completes the M times of repeated transmissions in the targetconfiguration period, or within the preset time duration after theterminal completes the M times of repeated transmissions in the targetconfiguration period, the terminal continuously performs supplementaryrepeated transmissions on scheduled resources according to instructioninformation of the UL grant and an obtained quantity of times ofsupplementary repeated transmissions, wherein the quantity N of times ofsupplementary repeated transmissions is 2 (N=2) calculated in advance.The preset time duration is set for being distinguished from uplinkdynamic scheduling information used for instructing retransmission oruplink dynamic scheduling information used for instructing dynamictransmission.

Of course, the quantity of times of the supplementary transmissions mayalso be configured by the base station or determined by the terminalbased on the uplink dynamic scheduling information. The base station mayconfigure the quantity L of times of supplementary repeatedtransmissions to the terminal through the RRC signaling or DCI. The L isan integer greater than zero. In this way, when the terminal completesthe M times of repeated transmissions in the target configurationperiod, or within the preset time duration after the terminal completesthe M times of repeated transmissions in the target configurationperiod, the terminal continues to perform the supplementary repeatedtransmissions on the scheduled resources according to the configuredquantity of times of supplementary repeated transmissions or accordingto the quantity of times of supplementary repeated transmissionsdetermined by the uplink dynamic scheduling information.

Typically, after the terminal transmits M=2 repeated transmissions ontwo configured transmission occasions TOs, two repeated transmissionsare completed in the first and the second supplementary repeatedtransmissions using RV=0 and RV=3, respectively.

In the embodiment, the base station can instruct the terminal to performthe supplementary repeated transmissions in the preset time durationafter completion of the M times of repeated transmissions of theterminal in the target configuration period is detected, consequently, acase that the reliability of the uplink transmission is influencedbecause the quantity of transmission times of the terminal in the targetconfiguration period is less than the preset quantity ofrepeated-transmission times may be avoided, and the M times of repeatedtransmissions of the terminal in the target configuration period cannotbe influenced, consequently, the reliability of the URLLC service isguaranteed.

Scenario 2: sending the uplink dynamic scheduling information to theterminal for instructing supplementary transmissions, after starting ofthe first repeated transmission of the terminal in uplink transmissionis detected and before completion of the M times of repeatedtransmissions of the terminal within the target configuration period isdetected.

The quantity of times of the supplementary transmissions can be adifference value between the preset quantity of repeated-transmissiontimes and the quantity of times of repeated transmissions of theterminal in the target configuration period. The quantity of times ofthe supplementary transmissions may also be configured by the basestation or determined by the terminal based on the uplink dynamicscheduling information.

Specifically, taking the preset quantity of repeated-transmission timesis K, K=4 and RV={0 3 0 3} as an example, wherein elements 0, 1, 2, and3 in the RV sequence represent different transmission schemes, and atime domain resource position is {an initial time domain symbol, thenumber of time domain symbols}, such as: the time domain symbols can beOFDM symbols. This time domain resource position is defined as onetransmission occasion TO, which means one repeated transmission iscompleted, K=4 means that four TOs are required for four repeatedtransmissions. The TOs are typically continuous herein. A resourcemapping schematic diagram for uplink supplementary transmissions inscenario 2 is shown in FIG. 10.

If an uplink packet of the terminal arrives after the secondtransmission occasion TO and before the third transmission occasion TOin one configuration period, then the terminal will transmit a PUSCHwith RV=0 on the third transmission occasion TO (i.e. TO2 in FIG. 10),transmit a PUSCH with RV=3 on a fourth transmission occasion TO (i.e.TO3 in FIG. 10). The base station blindly detects the PUSCHs. Normally,the PUSCHs with RV=0 and RV=3 should be detected on the thirdtransmission occasion TO and the fourth transmission occasion TO.

The base station can knows the quantity M of times of repeatedtransmissions actually completed by the terminal in the targetconfiguration period is 2 (M=2), according to the detected transmissionoccasion of the first repeated transmission, namely TO2. The basestation and the terminal know the quantity of the times of supplementaryrepeated transmissions by: calculating that the quantity of times ofsupplementary repeated transmissions required to be performed is N=K−M=2according to the configured quantity K of times of repeatedtransmissions (K=4) in one configuration period and the quantity M oftimes of repeated transmissions (M=2) actually completed in the targetconfiguration period.

The base station selects a sending time moment to send a UL grant forscheduling the terminal to perform supplementary transmissions ofPUSCHs. The sending time moment is the moment when the base stationdetects the first repeated transmission or after the base stationdetects the first repeated transmission, and before M times of repeatedtransmissions of the terminal in the target configuration period arecompleted. In this way, in a process of performing the M times ofrepeated transmissions in the target configuration period by theterminal, the terminal simultaneously performs supplementary repeatedtransmissions on scheduled resources according to instructioninformation of the UL grant and an obtained quantity of times ofsupplementary repeated transmissions, the quantity N of times ofsupplementary repeated transmissions is 2 (N=2) calculated in advance.

Of course, the quantity of times of the supplementary transmissions mayalso be configured by the base station or determined by the terminalbased on the uplink dynamic scheduling information. The base station mayconfigure the quantity L of times of supplementary repeatedtransmissions to the terminal through the RRC signaling or DCI. The L isan integer greater than zero. In this way, in a process of performingthe M times of repeated transmissions in the target configuration periodby the terminal, the terminal simultaneously performs the supplementaryrepeated transmissions on the scheduled resources according to theconfigured quantity of times of supplementary repeated transmissions oraccording to the quantity of times of supplementary repeatedtransmissions determined by the uplink dynamic scheduling information.

Typically, after the terminal transmits M=2 repeated transmissions ontwo configured transmission occasions TOs, two repeated transmissionsare completed in the first and the second supplementary repeatedtransmissions using RV=0 and RV=3, respectively.

In the embodiment, the base station can instruct the terminal to performthe supplementary repeated transmissions after the first repeatedtransmission of the terminal in the uplink transmission is detected andbefore completion of the M times of repeated transmission of theterminal in the target configuration period is completed, thereby acondition that the reliability of the uplink transmission is influencedbecause the quantity of transmission times of the terminal in the targetconfiguration period is less than the preset quantity ofrepeated-transmission times may be avoided, consequently, thereliability of the URLLC service is guaranteed, and delay of the uplinktransmission may also be avoided.

In the above technical solutions, uplink dynamic scheduling informationfor instructing supplementary transmissions is sent to the terminal byacquiring the quantity of the times of repeated transmissions of theterminal in the target configuration period, and under a condition thatthe quantity of the times of repeated transmissions is less than thepreset quantity of repeated-transmission times, so that under acondition that the quantity of the times of repeated transmissions inthe target configuration period is less than the preset quantity ofrepeated-transmission times, the terminal performs supplementarytransmissions based on dynamic scheduling from the base station, and acondition that reliability of uplink transmission is influenced becausethe quantity of transmission times of the terminal in the targetconfiguration period is less than the preset quantity ofrepeated-transmission times may be avoided, consequently, thereliability of the URLLC service is guaranteed.

The information transmission methods of the present disclosure aredescribed above, a base station corresponding to the methods will befurther illustrated in this embodiment in conjunction with theaccompanying drawings.

Specifically, as shown in FIG. 3, a base station 300 provided by anembodiment of the present disclosure includes an acquisition module 310and a sending module 320.

The acquisition module 310 is configured for acquiring a quantity oftimes of repeated transmissions of a terminal in a target configurationperiod.

The sending module 320 is configured for sending uplink dynamicscheduling information for instructing the terminal to performsupplementary transmissions, in a case that the quantity of the times ofrepeated transmissions is less than the preset quantity ofrepeated-transmission times.

The uplink dynamic scheduling information includes an indication fieldfor instructing supplementary transmissions.

The uplink dynamic scheduling information is associated with a targetindication field in an RRC signaling, and the target indication field isused for instructing the terminal to perform supplementarytransmissions.

The sending module 320 includes a first sending submodule.

The first sending submodule is configured for sending the uplink dynamicscheduling information for instructing the terminal to performsupplementary transmissions within a preset time duration aftercompletion of M times of repeated transmissions of the terminal in thetarget configuration period is detected and after start of a firstrepeated transmission of the terminal in uplink transmission isdetected; wherein, M is the quantity of the quantity of the times ofrepeated transmissions of the terminal in the target configurationperiod, and M is an integer greater than zero.

The first sending submodule includes a first sending unit, the firstsending unit is configured for sending the uplink dynamic schedulinginformation for instructing the terminal to perform supplementarytransmissions, within a preset time duration after completion of M timesof repeated transmissions of the terminal in the target configurationperiod is detected.

The first sending submodule includes a second sending submodule, thesecond sending unit is configured for sending the uplink dynamicscheduling information for instructing the terminal to performsupplementary transmissions to the terminal after start of a firstrepeated transmission of the terminal in uplink transmission is detectedand before completion of the M times of repeated transmissions of theterminal within the target configuration period is detected.

A quantity of times of supplementary transmissions can be differencebetween the preset quantity of repeated-transmission times and thequantity of the times of repeated transmissions of the terminal in thetarget configuration period. The quantity of times of the supplementarytransmissions may be configured by the base station or determined by theterminal based on the uplink dynamic scheduling information.

The embodiment of the base station in the present disclosure correspondsto the embodiment of the method provided above, all implementationdetails in the embodiment of the method are suitable for the embodimentof the base station, and the same technical effect can be achieved.

In the base station 300 in the present disclosure, by acquiring thequantity of the times of repeated transmissions of the terminal in thetarget configuration period, and when the quantity of the times ofrepeated transmissions is less than the preset quantity ofrepeated-transmission times, sending the uplink dynamic schedulinginformation for instructing the terminal to perform supplementarytransmissions, the supplementary transmissions are performed by means ofdynamic scheduling when the quantity of transmission times of theterminal in the target configuration period is less than the presetquantity of repeated-transmission times, so that a condition thatreliability of uplink transmission is influenced because the quantity oftransmission times of the terminal in the target configuration period isless than the preset quantity of repeated-transmission times may beavoided, so that the reliability of the URLLC service is guaranteed.

In order to better achieve the above objectives, as shown in FIG. 4, theembodiments of the present disclosure also provide a base station. Thebase station includes: a processor 400; a memory 420 connected to theprocessor 400 via a bus interface, and a transceiver 410 connected tothe processor 400 via a bus interface; the memory 420 is configured tostore programs and data used by the processor when performingoperations; data information or pilots are transmitted through thetransceiver 410, and an uplink control channel is also received throughthe transceiver 410; and when the processor 400 calls and executes theprograms and data stored in the memory 420, the following functions arerealized.

The processor 400 is configured for reading the programs in the memory420 and executes the following steps: acquiring a quantity of times ofrepeated transmissions of the terminal in the target configurationperiod; and if the quantity of the times of repeated transmissions isless than the preset quantity of repeated-transmission times, sendinguplink dynamic scheduling information for instructing the terminal toperform supplementary transmissions to the terminal.

The uplink dynamic scheduling information includes an indication fieldfor instructing supplementary transmissions.

The uplink dynamic scheduling information is associated with a targetindication field in an RRC signaling, and the target indication field isused for instructing the terminal to perform supplementarytransmissions.

When the processor 400 executes the computer program, the processor 400implements the following steps: sending uplink dynamic schedulinginformation for instructing the terminal to perform supplementarytransmissions to the terminal, after start of a first repeatedtransmission of the terminal in uplink transmission is detected andwithin a preset time duration after completion of M times of repeatedtransmissions of the terminal in the target configuration period isdetected; wherein, M is the number of times of repeated transmissions ofthe terminal in the target configuration period, and M is an integergreater than zero.

When the processor 400 executes the computer program, the processor 400performs the following steps: sending uplink dynamic schedulinginformation for instructing the terminal to perform supplementarytransmissions to the terminal, within a preset time duration aftercompletion of M times of repeated transmissions of the terminal in thetarget configuration period is detected.

When the processor 400 executes the computer program, the processor 400performs the following steps: sending the uplink dynamic schedulinginformation for instructing the terminal to perform supplementarytransmissions to the terminal after the start of the first repeatedtransmission of the terminal in the uplink transmission is detected andbefore completion of M times of repeated transmissions of the terminalwithin the target configuration period is detected.

The number of times of supplementary transmissions is difference betweenthe preset quantity of repeated-transmission times and the quantity ofthe times of repeated transmissions of the terminal in the targetconfiguration period. The number of times of supplementary transmissionsis configured by the base station or determined by the terminal based onthe uplink dynamic scheduling information.

The transceiver 410 is configured for receiving and sending data underthe control of the processor 400.

In FIG. 4, a bus architecture may include any number of interconnectedbuses and bridges, particularly, various circuits such as one or moreprocessors represented by the processor 400 and a memory represented bythe memory 420 are linked together. The bus architecture may also linkvarious other circuits, such as peripheral devices, voltage regulators,and power management circuits, etc. which are well known in the art, andtherefore will not be described further herein. A bus interface providesan interface. The transceiver 410 can be a number of elements, includinga transmitter and a transceiver, providing a unit for communicating withvarious other devices over a transmission medium. The processor 400 isresponsible for managing a bus architecture and general processing, andthe memory 420 can store data used by the processor 400 in performingoperations.

It can be understood by those skilled in the art that all or part of thesteps for implementing the embodiments described above may be performedby means of hardware, or may also be performed by computer programsinstructing associated hardware, the computer programs includeinstructions for performing some or all of the steps of the methodsdescribed above; and the computer programs can be stored in a readablestorage medium, which may be any form of storage mediums.

The information transmission method at the base station side provided bythe embodiment of the present disclosure is described above, and theinformation transmission method at the terminal side will be furtherdescribed with reference to the accompanying drawings.

As shown in FIG. 5, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides aninformation transmission method applied to a terminal, the methodspecifically includes the following steps 51-52.

Step 51: receiving uplink dynamic scheduling information, sent by a basestation, for instructing supplementary transmissions.

The uplink dynamic scheduling information is sent by the base stationunder a condition that the quantity of times of repeated transmissionsof the terminal in a target configuration period is less than the presetquantity of repeated-transmission times.

The uplink dynamic scheduling information includes an indication fieldfor instructing supplementary transmissions, or the uplink dynamicscheduling information is associated with a target indication field inan RRC signaling, and the target indication field is used forinstructing the terminal to perform supplementary transmissions.

Before the step 51, the method specifically includes: acquiring thequantity of the times of repeated transmissions in one configurationperiod configured by the base station.

Specifically, taking a configured PUSCH transmission as an example, whenuplink grant-free repeated transmission is carried out, the terminaldetermines preset quantity K of times of repeated transmissions on aconfigured resource through a first parameter in the RRC signaling,wherein K is an integer greater than zero. For example: the firstparameter may be a parameter in ConfiguredGrantConfig.

Specifically, when uplink repeated transmissions are carried out, theterminal determines the preset quantity J of times of repeatedtransmissions on a scheduling resource based on a second parameter inthe RRC signaling, wherein J is an integer greater than zero. Forexample: the second parameter may be a parameter of a physical uplinkshared channel-aggregation factor (pusch-AggregationFactor) in aphysical uplink shared channel configuration (PUSCH-Config). To meetreliability requirements, a total of K times of repeated transmissionsare required, each repeated transmission uses a similar spectralefficiency.

After acquiring the preset quantity of repeated-transmission timesconfigured by the base station, a transmission occasion TO of the firstrepeated transmission in the target configuration period is determinedaccording to arrival time of data, and M times of repeated transmissionsare performed with a base station in the target configuration period,wherein M is the quantity of the times of repeated transmissions of theterminal in the target configuration period, and M is an integer greaterthan zero. A specific way of determining, by the terminal, thetransmission occasion TO of the first repeated transmission in thetarget configuration period can be found in the Table 1 above.

The base station detects a position, in the target configuration period,of the transmission occasion of the first repeated transmission of theterminal in uplink transmission; and calculates the quantity of thetimes of repeated transmissions of the terminal in the targetconfiguration period according to the position of the transmissionoccasion, and in a case that the quantity of times of repeatedtransmissions of the terminal in the target configuration period is lessthan the preset quantity of repeated-transmission times, the basestation sends uplink dynamic scheduling information for indicating theterminal to perform supplementary transmissions to the terminal.Specifically, a process in which the base station calculates thequantity of the times of repeated transmissions of the terminal withinthe target configuration period has been described in the abovedescribed embodiment of the base station and will not be described indetail herein.

Step 52: performing uplink supplementary transmissions according to theuplink dynamic scheduling information.

Specifically, PUSCH supplementary transmissions may be performedaccording to the uplink dynamic scheduling information. Performing theuplink supplementary transmissions by the terminal means that theterminal supplements repeated transmissions to reach the preset quantityof repeated-transmission times, in a case that the quantity of the timesof repeated transmissions of the terminal in the target configurationperiod is less than the preset quantity of repeated-transmission times.The quantity of the times of repeated transmissions of the terminal canthe quantity, configured by the base station to the terminal, of timesof repeated transmissions in one period.

The quantity of times of supplementary transmissions can be a differencevalue between the preset quantity of repeated-transmission times and thequantity of the times of repeated transmissions of the terminal in atarget configuration period. The quantity of times of the supplementarytransmissions may also be configured by the base station, or determinedby the terminal based on the uplink dynamic scheduling information.

In the embodiment, the terminal receives the uplink dynamic schedulinginformation used for instructing supplementary transmissions, whereinthe uplink dynamic scheduling information is sent by the base stationaccording to the condition that the quantity of times of repeatedtransmissions of the terminal in the target configuration period is lessthan the preset quantity of repeated-transmission time; the terminalperforms, according to the uplink dynamic scheduling information, uplinksupplementary transmissions. In this way, when the quantity oftransmission times in the target configuration period is less than thepreset quantity of repeated-transmission times, supplementarytransmissions is carried out through a dynamic scheduling of the basestation, a situation that reliability of uplink transmission isinfluenced because the quantity of transmission times of the terminal inthe target configuration period is less than the preset quantity ofrepeated-transmission times is avoided, and therefore the reliability ofthe URLLC service is guaranteed.

As shown in FIG. 6, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides aninformation transmission method applied to the terminal, the methodspecifically includes the following steps 61-62.

Step 61: receiving, from a base station, uplink dynamic schedulinginformation used for instructing supplementary transmissions, the uplinkdynamic scheduling information is sent by the base station within apreset time duration after start of a first repeated transmission of theterminal in uplink transmission is detected and after completion of Mtimes of repeated transmissions of the terminal in the targetconfiguration period is detected.

M is the number of times of repeated transmissions of the terminal inthe target configuration period, and M is an integer greater than zero.

The uplink dynamic scheduling information includes an indication fieldfor instructing supplementary transmissions, or the uplink dynamicscheduling information is associated with a target indication field inthe RRC signaling, and the target indication field is used forinstructing the terminal to perform supplementary transmissions.

The quantity of times of supplementary transmissions can be differencebetween the preset quantity of repeated-transmission times and thequantity of the times of repeated transmissions of the terminal in thetarget configuration period. The quantity of times of the supplementarytransmissions may also be configured by the base station or determinedby the terminal based on the uplink dynamic scheduling information.Specifically, the base station may configure the quantity of times ofsupplementary transmissions to the terminal by way of the RRC signalingor DCI. A specific process in which the base station sends the uplinkdynamic scheduling information for instructing the supplementarytransmissions has been described in the above embodiment of the basestation and will not be described in detail herein.

Step 62: performing the uplink supplementary transmissions according tothe uplink dynamic scheduling information.

Specifically, supplementary transmissions of PUSCHs can be performed.

The above step 61 is described below in connection with specificapplication scenarios.

Scenario 1: receiving uplink dynamic scheduling information forinstructing supplementary transmissions, wherein the uplink dynamicscheduling information is sent by the base station within a preset timeduration after completion of M times of repeated transmissions of theterminal in the target configuration period is detected.

Specifically, taking the preset quantity of repeated-transmission timesis K, K=4 and RV={0 3 0 3} as an example, wherein elements 0, 1, 2, and3 in the RV sequence represent different transmission schemes, and atime domain resource position is {an initial time domain symbol, thenumber of time domain symbols}, such as: the time domain symbols can beOFDM symbols. This time domain resource position is defined as onetransmission occasion TO, which means one repeated transmission iscompleted, K=4 means that four TOs are required for four repeatedtransmissions. The TOs are typically continuous herein.

If an uplink data packet of the terminal arrives after a secondtransmission occasion TO and before a third transmission occasion TO inone configuration period, then the terminal will transmit a PUSCH withRV=0 on the third transmission occasion TO (i.e. TO2 in FIG. 9),transmit a PUSCH with RV=3 on a fourth transmission occasion TO (i.e.TO3 in FIG. 9). The base station blindly detects the PUSCHs. Normally,the PUSCHs with RV=0 and RV=3 should be detected on the thirdtransmission occasion TO and the fourth transmission occasion TO.

The base station can knows that the times M of repeated transmissionsactually completed by the terminal in the target configuration period is2 (M=2), according to the detected transmission occasion of the firstrepeated transmission, namely TO2. The base station and the terminalknow the quantity of the times of supplementary repeated transmissionsby: calculating that the quantity of times of supplementary repeatedtransmissions required to be performed is N=K-M=2 according to theconfigured quantity K of times of repeated transmissions (K=4) in oneconfiguration period and the quantity M of times of repeatedtransmissions (M=2) actually completed in the target configurationperiod.

The base station selects a sending time moment to send an uplink grant(UL grant) for scheduling the terminal to perform the supplementarytransmissions of PUSCHs. The sending time moment is the moment when thebase station considers that M times of repeated transmissions of theterminal in the target configuration period are completed, or is withina preset time duration after the terminal completes M times of repeatedtransmissions in the target configuration period. In this way, when theterminal completes the M times of repeated transmissions in the targetconfiguration period, or within the preset time duration after theterminal completes the M times of repeated transmissions in the targetconfiguration period, the terminal continuously performs supplementaryrepeated transmissions on scheduled resources according to instructioninformation of the UL grant and an obtained quantity of times ofsupplementary repeated transmissions, wherein the quantity N of times ofsupplementary repeated transmissions is 2 (N=2) calculated in advance.The preset time duration is set for being distinguished from uplinkdynamic scheduling information used for instructing retransmission oruplink dynamic scheduling information used for instructing dynamictransmission.

Of course, the quantity of times of the supplementary transmissions mayalso be configured by the base station, or determined by the terminalbased on the uplink dynamic scheduling information. The base station mayconfigure the quantity L of times of supplementary repeatedtransmissions to the terminal through the RRC signaling or DCI. The L isan integer greater than zero. In this way, when the terminal completesthe M times of repeated transmissions in the target configurationperiod, or within the preset time duration after the terminal completesthe M times of repeated transmissions in the target configurationperiod, the terminal continues to perform the supplementary repeatedtransmissions on the scheduled resources according to the configuredquantity of times of supplementary repeated transmissions or accordingto the quantity of times of supplementary repeated transmissionsdetermined by the uplink dynamic scheduling information.

Typically, after the terminal transmits M=2 repeated transmissions ontwo configured transmission occasions TOs, two repeated transmissionsare completed in the first and the second supplementary repeatedtransmissions using RV=0 and RV=3, respectively.

In the embodiment, within a preset time duration after the terminalcompletes M repeated transmissions in the target configuration period,the terminal continues to perform the supplementary repeatedtransmissions on a scheduled resource according to uplink dynamicscheduling information sent by the base station for instructing theterminal to perform supplementary transmissions. In this way, it may beavoided that a condition that a quantity of transmission times of theterminal in the target configuration period is less than the presetquantity of repeated-transmission times affects reliability of uplinktransmission, and the M times of repeated transmissions of the terminalin the target configuration period are not influenced, consequently, thereliability of the URLLC service is guaranteed.

Scenario 2: receiving uplink dynamic scheduling information from a basestation for instructing supplementary transmissions, wherein the uplinkdynamic scheduling information is sent by the base station after thebase station detects that the first repeated transmission of theterminal in uplink transmission is started and before the M times ofrepeated transmissions of the terminal within the target configurationperiod is completed.

Specifically, taking the preset quantity of repeated-transmission timesis K, K=4 and RV={0 3 0 3} as an example, wherein elements 0, 1, 2, and3 in the RV sequence represent different transmission schemes, and atime domain resource position is {an initial time domain symbol, thenumber of time domain symbols}, such as: the time domain symbols can beOFDM symbols. This time domain resource position is defined as onetransmission occasion TO, which means one repeated transmission iscompleted, K=4 means that four TOs are required for four repeatedtransmissions. The TOs are typically continuous herein.

If an uplink data packet of the terminal arrives after the secondtransmission occasion TO and before the third transmission occasion TOin one configuration period, then the terminal will transmit a PUSCHwith RV=0 on the third transmission occasion TO (i.e. TO2 in FIG. 10),transmit a PUSCH with RV=3 on a fourth transmission occasion TO (i.e.TO3 in FIG. 10). The base station blindly detects the PUSCHs. Normally,the PUSCHs with RV=0 and RV=3 should be detected on the thirdtransmission occasion TO and the fourth transmission occasion TO.

The base station can knows the quantity M of times of repeatedtransmissions actually completed by the terminal in the targetconfiguration period is 2 (M=2), according to the detected transmissionoccasion of the first repeated transmission, namely TO2. The basestation and the terminal know the quantity of times of supplementaryrepeated transmissions by: calculating that the quantity of times ofsupplementary repeated transmissions required to be performed is N=K−M=2according to the configured quantity K of times of repeatedtransmissions (K=4) in one configuration period and the quantity M oftimes of repeated transmissions (M=2) actually completed in the targetconfiguration period.

The base station selects a sending time moment to send a UL grant forscheduling the terminal to perform supplementary transmissions ofPUSCHs. The sending time moment is the moment when the base stationdetects the first repeated transmission or after the base stationdetects the first repeated transmission and before M times of repeatedtransmissions of the terminal in the target configuration period arecompleted. In this way, in a process of performing the M times ofrepeated transmissions in the target configuration period by theterminal, the terminal simultaneously performs supplementary repeatedtransmissions on scheduled resources according to instructioninformation of the UL grant and the obtained quantity of times ofsupplementary repeated transmissions, the quantity N of times ofsupplementary repeated transmissions is 2 (N=2) calculated in advance.

Of course, the quantity of times of the supplementary transmissions mayalso be configured by the base station, or determined by the terminalbased on the uplink dynamic scheduling information. The base station mayconfigure the quantity L of times of supplementary repeatedtransmissions to the terminal through the RRC signaling or DCI. The L isan integer greater than zero. In this way, in a process of performingthe M times of repeated transmissions in the target configuration periodby the terminal, the terminal simultaneously performs the supplementaryrepeated transmissions on the scheduled resources according to theconfigured quantity of times of supplementary repeated transmissions oraccording to the quantity of times of supplementary repeatedtransmissions determined by the uplink dynamic scheduling information.

Typically, after the terminal transmits M=2 repeated transmissions ontwo configured transmission occasions TOs, two repeated transmissionsare completed in the first and the second supplementary repeatedtransmissions using RV=0 and RV=3, respectively.

In the embodiment, in the process that the terminal performs M repeatedtransmissions in the target configuration period, the terminal continuesto perform the supplementary repeated transmissions on a scheduledresource according to uplink dynamic scheduling information sent by thebase station for instructing the terminal to perform supplementarytransmissions. In this way, it may be avoided that a condition that aquantity of transmission times of the terminal in the targetconfiguration period is less than the preset quantity ofrepeated-transmission times affects reliability of uplink transmission,and consequently, the reliability of the URLLC service is guaranteed,and delay of uplink transmission may also be prevented.

In the above technical solutions, uplink dynamic scheduling informationfor instructing supplementary transmissions is received by the terminalfrom the base station, the uplink dynamic scheduling information is sentby the base station under a condition that the quantity of the times ofrepeated transmissions of the terminal in the target configurationperiod is less than the preset quantity of repeated-transmission times;and the terminal performs uplink supplementary transmission according tothe uplink dynamic scheduling information, so that under a conditionthat the quantity of the times of repeated transmissions in the targetconfiguration period is less than the preset quantity ofrepeated-transmission times, the terminal performs supplementarytransmissions based on dynamic scheduling from the base station, and itis avoided that reliability of uplink transmission is influenced by thecondition that the quantity of transmission times of the terminal in thetarget configuration period is less than the preset quantity ofrepeated-transmission times, consequently, the reliability of the URLLCservice is guaranteed.

The information transmission method is described in the embodimentprovided by the present disclosure, the terminal corresponding to theinformation transmission method will be further described with referenceto the accompanying drawings.

As shown in FIG. 7, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides anterminal 700. The terminal 700 includes a receiving module 710 and aprocessing module 720.

The receiving module 710 is configured for receiving, from a basestation, uplink dynamic scheduling information for instructingsupplementary transmissions; wherein, the uplink dynamic schedulinginformation is sent by the base station under a condition that thequantity of times of repeated transmissions of the terminal in thetarget configuration period is less than a preset quantity ofrepeated-transmission times. The processing module 720 is configured forperforming uplink supplementary transmissions according to the uplinkdynamic scheduling information.

The uplink dynamic scheduling information includes an indication fieldfor instructing supplementary transmissions.

The uplink dynamic scheduling information is associated with a targetindication field in the RRC signaling, and the target indication fieldis used for instructing the terminal to perform supplementarytransmissions.

The receiving module 710 includes a receiving submodule. The receivingsubmodule is used for receiving uplink dynamic scheduling informationused for instructing supplementary transmissions, wherein the uplinkdynamic scheduling information is sent by the base station within apreset time duration after start of a first repeated transmission of theterminal in uplink transmission is detected and after completion of Mtimes of repeated transmissions of the terminal in the targetconfiguration period is detected. M is the number of times of repeatedtransmissions of the terminal in the target configuration period, and Mis an integer greater than zero.

The receiving submodule includes a first receiving unit, the firstreceiving unit is configured for receiving uplink dynamic schedulinginformation for instructing supplementary transmissions, the uplinkdynamic scheduling information is sent by the base station within apreset time duration after completion of M times of repeatedtransmissions of the terminal in the target configuration period isdetected.

The receiving submodule includes a second receiving unit, the secondreceiving unit is configured for receiving uplink dynamic schedulinginformation used for instructing supplementary transmissions, the uplinkdynamic scheduling information is sent by the base station after startof the first repeated transmission of the terminal in the uplinktransmission is detected and before completion of the M times ofrepeated transmissions of the terminal in the target configurationperiod is detected.

A quantity of the times of supplementary transmissions is a differencevalue between the preset quantity of repeated-transmission times and aquantity of times of repeated transmissions of the terminal in thetarget configuration period.

The quantity of times of supplementary transmissions is configured bythe base station, or determined by the terminal according to the uplinkdynamic scheduling information.

The embodiment of the terminal in the present disclosure corresponds tothe embodiment of the method, all implementations in the embodiment ofthe method are suitable for the embodiment of the terminal, and the sametechnical effect can be achieved.

In the terminal 700 in the above embodiment, uplink dynamic schedulinginformation for instructing supplementary transmissions is received bythe terminal from the base station, the uplink dynamic schedulinginformation is sent by the base station under a condition that thequantity of the times of repeated transmissions of the terminal in thetarget configuration period is less than the preset quantity ofrepeated-transmission times; and the terminal performs uplinksupplementary transmission according to the uplink dynamic schedulinginformation, so that under a condition that the quantity of the times ofrepeated transmissions in the target configuration period is less thanthe preset quantity of repeated-transmission times, the terminalperforms supplementary transmissions based on dynamic scheduling fromthe base station, and it is avoided that reliability of uplinktransmission is influenced by the condition that the quantity oftransmission times of the terminal in the target configuration period isless than the preset quantity of repeated-transmission times,consequently, the reliability of the URLLC service is guaranteed.

As shown in FIG. 8, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides aterminal. The terminal includes a processor 800, and a memory 820connected to the processor 800 via a bus interface, the memory 820 isconfigured to store programs and data used by the processor 800 inperforming operations; when the processor 800 calls and executes theprograms and data stored in the memory 820, the following steps areexecuted: receiving, from a base station, uplink dynamic schedulinginformation for instructing supplementary transmissions; wherein, theuplink dynamic scheduling information is sent by the base station undera condition that the quantity of times of repeated transmissions of theterminal in the target configuration period is less than a presetquantity of repeated-transmission times; and performing uplinksupplementary transmissions according to the uplink dynamic schedulinginformation.

A transceiver 830 is connected to the bus interface 810 and isconfigured for receiving and sending data under the control of theprocessor 800.

The uplink dynamic scheduling information includes an indication fieldfor instructing supplementary transmissions.

The uplink dynamic scheduling information is associated with a targetindication field in an RRC signaling, and the target indication field isused for instructing the terminal to perform supplementarytransmissions.

When the processor 800 executes the computer programs, the processor 800performs the following steps: receiving uplink dynamic schedulinginformation used for instructing supplementary transmissions, whereinthe uplink dynamic scheduling information is sent by the base stationwithin a preset time duration after start of a first repeatedtransmission of the terminal in uplink transmission is detected andafter completion of M times of repeated transmissions of the terminal inthe target configuration period is detected. M is the number of times ofrepeated transmissions of the terminal in the target configurationperiod, and M is an integer greater than zero.

When the processor 800 executes the computer programs, the processor 800performs the following steps: receiving uplink dynamic schedulinginformation for instructing supplementary transmissions, the uplinkdynamic scheduling information is sent by the base station within apreset time duration after completion of M times of repeatedtransmissions of the terminal in the target configuration period isdetected.

When the processor 800 executes the computer programs, the processor 800performs the following steps: receiving uplink dynamic schedulinginformation used for instructing supplementary transmissions, the uplinkdynamic scheduling information is sent by the base station after startof the first repeated transmission of the terminal in the uplinktransmission is detected and before completion of the M times ofrepeated transmissions of the terminal in the target configurationperiod is detected.

A quantity of the times of supplementary transmissions is a differencevalue between the preset quantity of repeated-transmission times and aquantity of times of repeated transmissions of the terminal in thetarget configuration period.

The quantity of times of supplementary transmissions is configured bythe base station, or determined by the terminal according to the uplinkdynamic scheduling information.

It should be noted that, in FIG. 8, a bus architecture may include anynumber of interconnected buses and bridges, particularly, variouscircuits such as one or more processors represented by the processor 800and a memory represented by the memory 820 are linked together. The busarchitecture may also link various other circuits, such as peripheraldevices, voltage regulators, and power management circuits, etc. whichare well known in the art, and therefore will not be described furtherherein. A bus interface provides an interface. The transceiver 830 canbe a number of elements, including a transmitter and a transceiver,providing a unit for communicating with various other devices over atransmission medium. For different terminals, a user interface 840 mayalso be an interface capable of connecting with an internal device or anexternal device. The connected devices may include, but are not limitedto, a keypad, a display, a speaker, a microphone, a joystick. Theprocessor 800 is responsible for managing a bus architecture and generalprocessing, and the memory 820 can store data used by the processor 800in performing operations.

It can be understood by those skilled in the art that all or part of thesteps for implementing the embodiments described above may be performedby means of hardware, or may also be performed by computer programsinstructing associated hardware, the computer programs includeinstructions for performing some or all of the steps of the methodsdescribed above; and the computer programs can be stored in a readablestorage medium, which may be any form of storage mediums.

In addition, in the devices and methods of the present disclosure, it isapparent that components or steps can be disassembled and/or recombined.Such disassembled and/or reassembled components or steps should be seenas equivalent solutions of the present disclosure. Also, steps forperforming the above series of steps may naturally be performed in anorder illustrated chronologically, but need not necessarily be performedchronologically, and some steps can be performed in parallel orindependently of one another. It may be understood that some or allsteps of the methods and some or all components of the devices of thepresent disclosure may be implemented in any computing device (includinga processor, a storage and the like) or a network of computing devicesby using hardware, firmware, software or a combination thereof, which iseasily achievable by those skill in the art using their basicprogramming skills after reading the description of the presentdisclosure.

Therefore, the objectives of the present disclosure may also be achievedby running a program or a set of programs on any computing device. Thecomputing device can be a known general device. Therefore, theobjectives of the present disclosure may also be achieved by providingonly program products containing program codes which implements themethods or devices. That is to say, such program products alsoconstitute the present disclosure, and a storage medium storing suchprogram products also constitutes this disclosure. Obviously, thestorage medium may be any known storage medium or any storage mediumdeveloped in the future. It should also be noted that, in the devicesand methods of the present disclosure, it is apparent that thecomponents or the steps can be disassembled and/or recombined. Thedisassembling and/or recombination should be considered as equivalentsof the present disclosure. Also, the steps for performing the aboveseries of steps may naturally be performed in the order illustratedchronologically, but need not necessarily be performed chronologically.Some steps can be performed in parallel or independently of one another.

The above description are optional embodiments of the presentdisclosure. It should be noted that, for those skilled in the art,various changes and embellishments can be made without departing fromthe principles of the disclosure. Such changes and embellishments arealso within a protection scope of the present disclosure.

What is claimed is:
 1. An information transmission method performed by abase station, comprising: acquiring a quantity of times of repeatedtransmissions of a terminal in a target configuration period; sending,to the terminal, uplink dynamic scheduling information for instructingsupplementary transmissions, if the quantity of times of repeatedtransmissions is less than a preset quantity of repeated-transmissiontimes.
 2. The information transmission method according to claim 1,wherein the uplink dynamic scheduling information comprises anindication field for instructing the supplementary transmissions.
 3. Theinformation transmission method according to claim 1, wherein the uplinkdynamic scheduling information is associated with a target indicationfield in radio resource control (RRC) signaling, the target indicationfield is used for instructing the terminal to perform the supplementarytransmissions.
 4. The information transmission method according to claim1, wherein sending, to the terminal, the uplink dynamic schedulinginformation for instructing the supplementary transmissions, comprises:sending, to the terminal, the uplink dynamic scheduling information forinstructing the supplementary transmissions, within a preset timeduration after start of a first repeated transmission of the terminal inuplink transmission is detected and after completion of M times ofrepeated transmissions of the terminal in the target configurationperiod is detected, wherein M is the quantity of times of repeatedtransmissions of the terminal in the target configuration period, and Mis an integer greater than zero.
 5. The information transmission methodaccording to claim 4, wherein sending, to the terminal, the uplinkdynamic scheduling information for instructing the supplementarytransmissions within the preset time duration after the start of thefirst repeated transmission of the terminal in uplink transmission isdetected and after the completion of the M times of repeatedtransmissions of the terminal in the target configuration period isdetected, comprises: sending, to the terminal, the uplink dynamicscheduling information for instructing the supplementary transmissionsin the preset time duration after completion of the M times of repeatedtransmissions in the target configuration period is detected; orsending, to the terminal, the uplink dynamic scheduling information forinstructing the supplementary transmissions after the start of the firstrepeated transmission of the terminal in the uplink transmission isdetected and before the completion of M times of repeated transmissionsof the terminal in the target configuration period is detected.
 6. Theinformation transmission method according to claim 1, wherein, aquantity of times of the supplementary transmissions is a differencevalue between the preset quantity of repeated-transmission times and thequantity of times of repeated transmissions of the terminal in thetarget configuration period; or a quantity of times of the supplementarytransmissions is configured by the base station, or determined by theterminal according to the uplink dynamic scheduling information.
 7. Abase station, comprising: a transceiver, a memory, a processor and acomputer program stored on the memory and executable by the processor,wherein, when the processor executes the computer program, the processorperforms steps of the information transmission method according toclaim
 1. 8. The base station according to claim 7, wherein the uplinkdynamic scheduling information comprises an indication field forinstructing the supplementary transmissions; or the uplink dynamicscheduling information is associated with a target indication field inradio resource control (RRC) signaling, the target indication field isused for instructing the terminal to perform the supplementarytransmissions.
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 10. The base station according to claim 7,wherein when the processor executes the computer program, the processorperforms following steps: sending, to the terminal, the uplink dynamicscheduling information for instructing the supplementary transmissions,within a preset time duration after start of a first repeatedtransmission of the terminal in uplink transmission is detected andafter completion of M times of repeated transmissions of the terminal inthe target configuration period is detected, wherein M is the quantityof times of repeated transmissions of the terminal in the targetconfiguration period, and M is an integer greater than zero.
 11. Thebase station according to claim 10, wherein when the processor executesthe computer program, the processor performs following steps: sending,to the terminal, the uplink dynamic scheduling information forinstructing the supplementary transmissions, in the preset time durationafter completion of the M times of repeated transmissions in the targetconfiguration period is detected; or sending, to the terminal, theuplink dynamic scheduling information for instructing the supplementarytransmissions, after the start of the first repeated transmission of theterminal in the uplink transmission is detected and before thecompletion of M times of repeated transmissions of the terminal in thetarget configuration period is detected.
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 13. (canceled)14. An information transmission method performed by a terminal,comprising: receiving, from a base station, uplink dynamic schedulinginformation for instructing supplementary transmissions wherein theuplink dynamic scheduling information is sent by the base station undera condition that a quantity of times of repeated transmissions of theterminal in the target configuration period is less than a presetquantity of repeated-transmission times; performing uplink supplementarytransmissions according to the uplink dynamic scheduling information.15. The information transmission method according to claim 14, whereinthe uplink dynamic scheduling information comprises an indication fieldfor instructing the supplementary transmissions.
 16. The informationtransmission method according to claim 14, wherein the uplink dynamicscheduling information is associated with a target indication field inan RRC signaling, and the target indication field is used forinstructing the terminal to perform the supplementary transmissions. 17.The information transmission method according to claim 14, wherein,receiving, from the base station, the uplink dynamic schedulinginformation for instructing the supplementary transmissions, comprises:receiving the uplink dynamic scheduling information for instructing thesupplementary transmissions, the uplink dynamic scheduling informationbeing sent by the base station within a preset time duration after startof a first repeated transmission of the terminal in uplink transmissionis detected and after completion of M times of repeated transmissions ofthe terminal in the target configuration period is detected; wherein Mis the quantity of times of repeated transmissions of the terminal inthe target configuration period, and M is an integer greater than zero.18. The information transmission method according to claim 17, wherein,receiving the uplink dynamic scheduling information for instructing thesupplementary transmissions, the uplink dynamic scheduling informationbeing sent by the base station within the preset time duration after thestart of the first repeated transmission of the terminal in uplinktransmission is detected and after the completion of the M times ofrepeated transmissions of the terminal in the target configurationperiod is detected, comprises: receiving the uplink dynamic schedulinginformation for instructing the supplementary transmissions, the uplinkdynamic scheduling information being sent by the base station in thepreset time duration after completion of the M times of repeatedtransmissions in the target configuration period is detected; orreceiving the uplink dynamic scheduling information for instructing thesupplementary transmissions, the uplink dynamic scheduling informationbeing sent by the base station after the start of the first repeatedtransmission of the terminal in the uplink transmission is detected andbefore the completion of M times of repeated transmissions of theterminal in the target configuration period is detected.
 19. Theinformation transmission method according to claim 14, wherein, aquantity of times of the supplementary transmissions is a differencevalue between the preset quantity of repeated-transmission times and thequantity of times of repeated transmissions of the terminal in thetarget configuration period; or a quantity of times of the supplementarytransmissions is configured by the base station, or determined by theterminal according to the uplink dynamic scheduling information.
 20. Aterminal, comprising: a transceiver, a memory, a processor and acomputer program stored on the memory and executable by the processor,wherein, when the processor executes the computer program, the processorperforms the following steps: receiving, from a base station, uplinkdynamic scheduling information for instructing supplementarytransmissions wherein the uplink dynamic scheduling information is sentby the base station under a condition that a quantity of times ofrepeated transmissions of the terminal in the target configurationperiod is less than a preset quantity of repeated-transmission times;performing uplink supplementary transmissions according to the uplinkdynamic scheduling information.
 21. The terminal according to claim 20,wherein the uplink dynamic scheduling information comprises anindication field for instructing the supplementary transmissions; or theuplink dynamic scheduling information is associated with a targetindication field in an RRC signaling, and the target indication field isused for instructing the terminal to perform the supplementarytransmissions.
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 23. The terminal according to claim 20,wherein, when the processor executes the computer program, the processorperforms the following steps: receiving the uplink dynamic schedulinginformation for instructing the supplementary transmissions, the uplinkdynamic scheduling information being sent by the base station within apreset time duration after start of a first repeated transmission of theterminal in uplink transmission is detected and after completion of Mtimes of repeated transmissions of the terminal in the targetconfiguration period is detected; wherein M is the quantity of times ofrepeated transmissions of the terminal in the target configurationperiod, and M is an integer greater than zero.
 24. The terminalaccording to claim 23, wherein, when the processor executes the computerprogram, the processor performs the following steps: receiving theuplink dynamic scheduling information for instructing the supplementarytransmissions, the uplink dynamic scheduling information being sent bythe base station in the preset time duration after completion of the Mtimes of repeated transmissions in the target configuration period isdetected; or receiving the uplink dynamic scheduling information forinstructing the supplementary transmissions, the uplink dynamicscheduling information being sent by the base station after the start ofthe first repeated transmission of the terminal in the uplinktransmission is detected and before the completion of M times ofrepeated transmissions of the terminal in the target configurationperiod is detected.
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